[TishaBuv]

How chronic stress causes brain damage - Neuroscience News

[divine1966]

Yeah I heard of it, my GP said that stress causes so much damage we don’t even know about until damage done.

[Skeezyks]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm pretty certain I'm experiencing the mental effects of my lifetime of anxiety and stress. For a long time the symptoms were mild and manageable. But at this point I think they're becoming much more pronounced and difficult to control or tolerate. Unfortunately I doubt there's much of anything that could be done about it. I think there's a point at which there's just no turning back. And it feels as though that's where I am.

[TishaBuv]

Neuroimaging in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Stress-related Disorders

Here is more about it. This one says MRI imaging can show this in the brain. I was told by my psychiatrist I had this, yet my brain was not scanned with any MRI. Doesn’t it make sense to have a scan to show this is really the condition in the brain?

[Open Eyes]

I definitely think that it's important to study the brain and try to identify what has/is happening when someone is struggling. Most who develop ptsd constantly ask the question "why can't I just like I used to". I think that by seeing how the brain is affected as is shared in this article, they can see if there is anything that can be done to help restore these affected areas of the brain.

Interesting how language is affected as I remember when I joined PC it used to take me so long to create a post. I was struggling badly and I did not understand why I was so crippled. I also remember how each day I had to check my statistics to remember what I had posted the day before. Also, by reading over what I had posted I could see how I was saying something and then I would begin to repeat what I had already shared.

After reading this I can better understand how I was having flashbacks, both visual and emotional and it affected the language area of my brain. When certain flashbacks happen I can't talk. I also often created very long posts too. Often when I did that I would lose track of time too. What I had not realized is that I was trying to use that area of my brain to SAVE IT.

I think that what is being realized through seeing affected areas of the brain, is it can lead to a better understanding of how someone is within themselves disconnected in a way that person cannot seem to articulate and it's very frustrating to experience a challenge like this and not be able to articulate it.

[~*glass_owl*~]

I can definitely feel and notice something of a slowing when I'm stressed. People can barely understand me sometimes and I can't get words out, yet I'm sober now and have been for years. I didn't want to accept this as true, so I didn't really read the article, but I study physics for fun so surely I could understand it.

[TunedOut]

Yes, my brain is not what it used to be. With an incident that started eleven days ago culminating in a family member being kicked out (I have been putting them up in a hotel and have promised to do that until the 1st what happens after that is still not solved). IMO, I have been calm throughout by focusing on an unchanging God and asking for wisdom to help me handle the situation correctly--with firmness and love. Our 33rd anniversary occurred last week--we both totally forgot. I roasted eight poblanos for my holiday poblano breakfast (was going to bring the family member a portion and probably still will)--only to find that I forgot to make sure I had enough eggs; I only had half of what I need to make the amount I usually make. There are so many things I overlook now but it doesn't make me upset anymore when I forget. I just have to accept that I can't do as much as I once was capable of doing.

[TishaBuv]

Originally Posted by TunedOut

Yes, my brain is not what it used to be. With an incident that started eleven days ago culminating in a family member being kicked out (I have been putting them up in a hotel and have promised to do that until the 1st what happens after that is still not solved). IMO, I have been calm throughout by focusing on an unchanging God and asking for wisdom to help me handle the situation correctly--with firmness and love. Our 33rd anniversary occurred last week--we both totally forgot. I roasted eight poblanos for my holiday poblano breakfast (was going to bring the family member a portion and probably still will)--only to find that I forgot to make sure I had enough eggs; I only had half of what I need to make the amount I usually make. There are so many things I overlook now but it doesn't make me upset anymore when I forget. I just have to accept that I can't do as much as I once was capable of doing.

The stress on you is extreme, plus you had to deal with having cancer. I pray for your adult family to cut the crap and take care of YOU.

[TunedOut]

My husband tries but he is also "brain damaged" from the stress of life and his own life decisions. I look at it as God humbles the proud. We all must examine ourselves and let others do the same. Though people have done us wrong, so have we, so we have to let go of the "wrong" (it is their choice, we can encourage but dictating rarely ever helps) and just stay calm by doing what we are called to do...

[TishaBuv]

Originally Posted by TunedOut

My husband tries but he is also "brain damaged" from the stress of life and his own life decisions. I look at it as God humbles the proud. We all must examine ourselves and let others do the same. Though people have done us wrong, so have we, so we have to let go of the "wrong" (it is their choice, we can encourage but dictating rarely ever helps) and just stay calm by doing what we are called to do...

I agree. I must have been toxically proud because I sure was humbled. There’s nothing to do but let go of the ‘wronged’ dialogue. If the person who hurt us cared, they would have made amends or would not have hurt us at all. If the person doesn’t care, it will never make amends, and all we can do is try to heal our wounds.

I know you all have had a really hard time with things from relationships to jobs and we’re in a pandemic. It’s a good way to think we are all beaten down, empathizing with those who have hurt us. Hurt people hurt people?

Happy belated anniversary!

[Discombobulated]

I think it needs to be talked about more, how the connections can be altered, sometimes permanently by stress. That stress is something we need to not ignore and push through.

Also as an aside living in poverty has a similar detrimental effect on the brain, especially growing up in poverty. This is why tackling poverty especially in children is so vitally important.

[TishaBuv]

Originally Posted by Discombobulated

I think it needs to be talked about more, how the connections can be altered, sometimes permanently by stress. That stress is something we need to not ignore and push through.

Also as an aside living in poverty has a similar detrimental effect on the brain, especially growing up in poverty. This is why tackling poverty especially in children is so vitally important.

The stress from not feeling safe due to poverty must do immense damage.